Jodoigne

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Jodoigne
Geldenaken (Dutch)
Municipality
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Flag of Jodoigne
Flag
Coat of arms of Jodoigne
Coat of arms
Jodoigne is located in Belgium
Jodoigne
Jodoigne
Location in Belgium
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The municipality of Jodoigne in Walloon Brabant
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Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region Wallonia
Province Walloon Brabant
Arrondissement Nivelles
Government
 • Mayor Jean-Paul Wahl
 • Governing party/ies UC
Area
 • Total 73.31 km2 (28.31 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
 • Total 13,428
 • Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Postal codes 1370
Area codes 010
Website www.jodoigne.be

Jodoigne (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɔdɔɲ],[2] Dutch: Geldenaken [ˈʝɛldǝˌnaːkǝ(n)]) is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Jodoigne had a total population of 12,440. The total area is 73.31 km² which gives a population density of 170 inhabitants per km².

The present municipality includes the nine villages of Piétrain, Saint-Jean-Geest, Saint-Remy-Geest, Zétrud-Lumay, Dongelberg, Mélin, Lathuy, Jodoigne-Souveraine and Jauchelette.

The previous mayor of Jodoigne, Louis Michel, a liberal politician was the Belgian foreign minister from 1999 until 2004 and was the Belgian European commissioner from 2004 until 2009. The current mayor is Jean-Paul Wahl.

The asteroid 1199 Geldonia was named in its honour (from the Latin form of the name) by Eugène Delporte.

Château Pastur, a former residence of Henry I of Brabant, now the hôtel de ville of Jodoigne

References

  1. Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
  2. As if spelled Jodogne; the pronunciation French pronunciation: ​[ʒɔdwaɲ] is considered erroneous.

External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • Jodoigne official web site (French)


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